Turing's cathedral, [the origins of the digital universe], George Dyson
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Turing's cathedral, [the origins of the digital universe], George Dyson
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Turing's cathedral
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George Dyson
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[the origins of the digital universe]
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Legendary historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution--in other words, computer code. In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses--led by John von Neumann--gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey..
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